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Monday, August 4, 2014

Review: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Natural Born Charmer
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Publisher: William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: book
Buy the Book: Amazon 

Goodreads:  It wasn't every day a guy saw a headless beaver marching down the side of a road, not even in Chicago Stars quarterback Dean Robillard's larger-than-life world. He slammed on the brakes of his brand-new Aston Martin Vanquish and pulled over in front of her.
The beaver marched right past, her big, flat tail bouncing in the gravel, and her small, sharp nose stuck up in the air. Way up. The beaver looked highly pissed . . .
She was definitely a girl beaver because her beaver head was missing, revealing sweaty, dark hair pulled into a scraggly ponytail. He'd been praying for a little distraction from his own depressing company, so he threw open the door and stepped out onto the shoulder of the Colorado road . . .


Kritters Thoughts:  What is right now the last in the Chicago Stars series that centers around a fictional football team and each book in the series centers around a different character affiliated in one or another with the team.  I have only read the last two books, but I didn't feel like I was missing too much by not reading them in order.  At some point I do hope to go back and start at the first and read them all through.  

This book centers around a wanderer named Blue Bailey and the quarterback of the stars Dean Robillard.  They meet basically on page one and the book follows not only their love story, but some other characters from Dean's family and life.  Although their relationship was a complete mess, I loved it.  I loved how fiesty Blue was, the reader gets bits and pieces from her childhood that help to create the full image of why Blue is the way she is why she reacts the way she does.  There are also some reasons as to why Dean is who he is and I loved seeing them overcome their individual pasts and start a relationship.  It was easy to root for them!

As a warning, this book definitely had some sexy times, not too completely over the top, but this one is definitely not chaste!  If you are any where near faint of heart when it comes to the bedroom scenes, then you may want to avoid this one, but it wasn't too over the top for me to enjoy!


Rating: definitely a good read, but can't read two in a row


Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received one copy of this book free of charge from HarperCollins.  I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

1 comment:

  1. I like her romances. Lots of times she's really funny. Haven't read one in a while.

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